In its latest estimate of the Middle East economy, the World Bank predicted that Iran’s economy will shrink by more than 7.5 percent and that each Iranian’s per capita income will fall by more than 8 percent. The bank also estimated Iran’s annual inflation rate at 74 percent.

At the same time as Washington’s economic pressure on Tehran intensifies, Scott Bessent, the U.S. Treasury Secretary, said that given that Iran has not loaded even a single barrel of crude oil since August 25, what exactly the new Oil Minister of the Islamic Republic is supposed to manage?